The traditional dialects of Sweden are changing. In order to investigate how these changes may be proceeding, the use of traditional dialect and new linguistic features have been analyzed in three separate dialect areas: Inland West Sweden, Coastal West Sweden and Torsby in Northern Värmland. The focus is on how much of the traditional dialect used in the mid-20th century is still in use in each location, and what is replacing it in the process of change; this is done by analyzing speakers’ realizations of a total of 137 traditional dialect variables and 18 new variables. In some locations, dialects are leveling towards the standard, more or less rapidly. In others, there is a clear dialect shift to the urban Gothenburg variety or to the use of acombilect, which is a mix of traditional dialect variants, standard variants, new variants and urban variants. Similarities and differences between these separate processes are discussed, with special attention given to the reasons behind dialect change.

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旧的，新的：瑞典方言变化的一些过程

瑞典的传统方言正在发生变化。为了调查这些变化是如何进行的，我们在三个独立的方言区域分析了传统方言和新语言特征的使用：瑞典西部内陆、瑞典西部沿海和韦姆兰北部的托斯比。重点是 20 世纪中叶使用的传统方言在每个地方仍有多少仍在使用，以及在变化过程中取代它的是什么；这是通过分析说话者对 137 个传统方言变量和 18 个新变量的认识来完成的。在某些地方，方言或多或少地迅速接近标准。在其他地方，明显的方言转变为哥德堡城市变体或使用组合，它是传统方言变体、标准变体、新变体和城市变体的混合体。讨论了这些不同过程之间的异同，并特别关注了方言变化背后的原因。